Yae Machan Ennuyir
From Thenpandi Seemaiyile · 1988
- Lyricist
- Vaali
- Singers
- S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, K. S. Chitra
- Music director
- K. Bhagyaraj
- Details
- Thenpandi Seemaiyile1988
Lyrics & meaning
| ♫ Tanglish lyrics | ↻ English translation |
|---|---|
| Female | |
| Yae machaan ennuyir machaan | Hey cousin, my life-like groom! |
| Vaa machaan sevaththa machaan | Come, my fair-complexioned cousin! |
| Yae machaan ennuyir machaan | Hey cousin, my life-like groom! |
| Vaa machaan sevaththa machaan | Come, my fair-complexioned cousin! |
| Female | |
| Koiyaakkaa thoppukkulla ee kakka yaedhumilla | Inside the guava orchard, there isn't even a fly or a crow. |
| Koiyaakkaa thoppukkulla ee kakka yaedhumilla | Inside the guava orchard, there isn't even a fly or a crow. |
| Povom vaaiyya vaa | Let's go, come on mister, come! |
| Male :Aiyyaiyyao | Male: Oh no, oh dear! |
| Female | |
| Adikkuthu adikkuthu kaaththu | The wind blows and blows! |
| Adhil aaduthu vaaduthu naaththu | In it, the sapling sways and languishes! |
| Adikkuthu adikkuthu kaaththu | The wind blows and blows! |
| Adhil aaduthu vaaduthu naaththu | In it, the sapling sways and languishes! |
| Yaedho yaekkam vaaiyyaa vaa | There is some longing, come on mister, come! |
| Male | |
| Kadhal enakku koodaathu | Love is not meant for me. |
| Kaakkai kuyilaai paadaathu | A crow cannot sing like a nightingale. |
| Female :Vittu ponaa paavam saami | Female: Leaving me and going away is a sin, sir! |
| Vellaamaaikku yaengum bhoomi | The earth yearns for a harvest. |
| Male | |
| Nenachchu thavikkum manasu adakku | Control your mind that yearns and suffers in thought. |
| Female :Adakkum thiramai unakku irukku | Female: You have the ability to control it! |
| Male :Adadaa adaadaa idhuthaan sodhanai | Male: Oh dear, oh dear, this is a true trial! |
| Male | |
| Po pulla punniyamundu | Go girl, you will earn good virtue! |
| Un thollai edhukku ingu | Why pester me here? |
| Um maman naanumilla unakeththa aalumilla | I am not your suitor, nor am I the right match for you. |
| Vendaam pommaa….po po po po po | I don't want this, go woman... go, go, go, go, go! |
| Female | |
| Adikkuthu adikkuthu kaaththu | The wind blows and blows! |
| Adhil aaduthu vaaduthu naaththu | In it, the sapling sways and languishes! |
| Yaedho yaekkam vaaiyaa vaa… | There is some longing, come on mister, come... |
| Female | |
| Aani maasam pooththaenae | I blossomed in the month of Aani! |
| Aasai theera paaththaenae | I looked at you to my heart's content! |
| Male :Anjukiraen venaam thaayaae | Male: I am terrified, I don't want this, lady! |
| Aala vidu pommaa neeyae | Leave me alone and go, woman! |
| Female | |
| Velanja kaaththiru vayalil irukku | The ripened crop is waiting in the field! |
| Male :Erangi arukka nadukkam enakku | Male: I tremble to step down and harvest it! |
| Female :Thunichaa sugamthaan porakkum thaedi vaa… | Female: If you are brave, pleasure will follow; seek it and come... |
| Female | |
| Yae machaan ennuyir machaan | Hey cousin, my life-like groom! |
| Vaa machaan sevaththa machaan | Come, my fair-complexioned cousin! |
| Koiyaakkaa thoppukkulla ee kakka yaedhumilla | Inside the guava orchard, there isn't even a fly or a crow. |
| Povom vaaiyya vaa… | Let's go, come on mister, come... |
| Female | |
| Yov….adikuthu adikuthu kaaththu | Hey... the wind blows and blows! |
| Adhil aaduthu vaaduthu naaththu | In it, the sapling sways and languishes! |
| Yaedho yaekkam vaaiyaa vaa… | There is some longing, come on mister, come... |
| Female | |
| Yae machaan ennuyir machaan | Hey cousin, my life-like groom! |
| Vaa machaan sevaththa machaan | Come, my fair-complexioned cousin! |
ஏ மச்சான் என்னுயிர் மச்சான்
வா மச்சான் செவத்த மச்சான்
ஏ மச்சான் என்னுயிர் மச்சான்
வா மச்சான் செவத்த மச்சான்
Hey cousin, my life-like groom!
Come, my fair-complexioned cousin!
Hey cousin, my life-like groom!
Come, my fair-complexioned cousin!
கொய்யாக்கா தோப்புக்குள்ள ஈ காக்கா ஏதுமில்ல
கொய்யாக்கா தோப்புக்குள்ள ஈ காக்கா ஏதுமில்ல
போவோம் வாய்யா வா...
அய்யய்யோ....
Inside the guava orchard, there isn't even a fly or a crow.
Inside the guava orchard, there isn't even a fly or a crow.
Let's go, come on mister, come!
Male: Oh no, oh dear!
அடிக்குது அடிக்குது காத்து அதில்
ஆடுது வாடுது நாத்து
அடிக்குது அடிக்குது காத்து அதில்
ஆடுது வாடுது நாத்து
ஏதோ ஏக்கம் வாய்யா வா.....
The wind blows and blows!
In it, the sapling sways and languishes!
The wind blows and blows!
In it, the sapling sways and languishes!
There is some longing, come on mister, come!
காதல் எனக்கு கூடாது
காக்கை குயிலாய் பாடாது
விட்டுப் போனா பாவம் சாமி
வெள்ளாமைக்கு ஏங்கும் பூமி
Love is not meant for me.
A crow cannot sing like a nightingale.
Female: Leaving me and going away is a sin, sir!
The earth yearns for a harvest.
நெனச்சு தவிக்கும் மனச அடக்கு
அடக்கும் திறமை உனக்கு இருக்கு
அடடா அடடா இதுதான்....சோதனை...
Control your mind that yearns and suffers in thought.
Female: You have the ability to control it!
Male: Oh dear, oh dear, this is a true trial!
போ புள்ள புண்ணியமுண்டு
உன் தொல்லை எதுக்கு இங்கு
உம் மாமன் நானுமில்ல உனக்கேத்த ஆளுமில்ல
வேண்டாம் போம்மா.....போ போ போ போ போ...
அடிக்குது அடிக்குது காத்து
அதில் ஆடுது வாடுது நாத்து
ஏதோ ஏக்கம் வாய்யா வா.....
Go girl, you will earn good virtue!
Why pester me here?
I am not your suitor, nor am I the right match for you.
I don't want this, go woman... go, go, go, go, go!
ஆனி மாசம் பூத்தேனே
ஆசைத் தீர பாத்தேனே
அஞ்சுகிறேன் வேணாம் தாயே
ஆள விடு போம்மா நீயே
The wind blows and blows!
In it, the sapling sways and languishes!
There is some longing, come on mister, come...
வெளஞ்ச காத்திரு வயலில் இருக்கு
எறங்கி அறுக்க நடுக்கம் எனக்கு
துணிஞ்சா சுகம் தான் பொறக்கும் தேடி வா....
I blossomed in the month of Aani!
I looked at you to my heart's content!
Male: I am terrified, I don't want this, lady!
Leave me alone and go, woman!
ஏ மச்சான் என்னுயிர் மச்சான்
வா மச்சான் செவத்த மச்சான்
கொய்யாக்கா தோப்புக்குள்ள ஈ காக்கா ஏதுமில்ல
போவோம் வாய்யா வா......
The ripened crop is waiting in the field!
Male: I tremble to step down and harvest it!
Female: If you are brave, pleasure will follow; seek it and come...
யோவ்....அடிக்குது அடிக்குது காத்து
அதில் ஆடுது வாடுது நாத்து
ஏதோ ஏக்கம் வாய்யா வா.....
Hey cousin, my life-like groom!
Come, my fair-complexioned cousin!
Inside the guava orchard, there isn't even a fly or a crow.
Let's go, come on mister, come...
ஏ மச்சான் என்னுயிர் மச்சான்
வா மச்சான் செவத்த மச்சான்.....
Hey... the wind blows and blows!
In it, the sapling sways and languishes!
There is some longing, come on mister, come...
Hey cousin, my life-like groom!
Come, my fair-complexioned cousin!
Yae machaan ennuyir machaan
Hey cousin, my life-like groom!
Vaa machaan sevaththa machaan
Come, my fair-complexioned cousin!
Yae machaan ennuyir machaan
Hey cousin, my life-like groom!
Vaa machaan sevaththa machaan
Come, my fair-complexioned cousin!
Koiyaakkaa thoppukkulla ee kakka yaedhumilla
Inside the guava orchard, there isn't even a fly or a crow.
Koiyaakkaa thoppukkulla ee kakka yaedhumilla
Inside the guava orchard, there isn't even a fly or a crow.
Povom vaaiyya vaa
Let's go, come on mister, come!
Male :Aiyyaiyyao
Male: Oh no, oh dear!
Adikkuthu adikkuthu kaaththu
The wind blows and blows!
Adhil aaduthu vaaduthu naaththu
In it, the sapling sways and languishes!
Adikkuthu adikkuthu kaaththu
The wind blows and blows!
Adhil aaduthu vaaduthu naaththu
In it, the sapling sways and languishes!
Yaedho yaekkam vaaiyyaa vaa
There is some longing, come on mister, come!
Kadhal enakku koodaathu
Love is not meant for me.
Kaakkai kuyilaai paadaathu
A crow cannot sing like a nightingale.
Female :Vittu ponaa paavam saami
Female: Leaving me and going away is a sin, sir!
Vellaamaaikku yaengum bhoomi
The earth yearns for a harvest.
Nenachchu thavikkum manasu adakku
Control your mind that yearns and suffers in thought.
Female :Adakkum thiramai unakku irukku
Female: You have the ability to control it!
Male :Adadaa adaadaa idhuthaan sodhanai
Male: Oh dear, oh dear, this is a true trial!
Po pulla punniyamundu
Go girl, you will earn good virtue!
Un thollai edhukku ingu
Why pester me here?
Um maman naanumilla unakeththa aalumilla
I am not your suitor, nor am I the right match for you.
Vendaam pommaa….po po po po po
I don't want this, go woman... go, go, go, go, go!
Adikkuthu adikkuthu kaaththu
The wind blows and blows!
Adhil aaduthu vaaduthu naaththu
In it, the sapling sways and languishes!
Yaedho yaekkam vaaiyaa vaa…
There is some longing, come on mister, come...
Aani maasam pooththaenae
I blossomed in the month of Aani!
Aasai theera paaththaenae
I looked at you to my heart's content!
Male :Anjukiraen venaam thaayaae
Male: I am terrified, I don't want this, lady!
Aala vidu pommaa neeyae
Leave me alone and go, woman!
Velanja kaaththiru vayalil irukku
The ripened crop is waiting in the field!
Male :Erangi arukka nadukkam enakku
Male: I tremble to step down and harvest it!
Female :Thunichaa sugamthaan porakkum thaedi vaa…
Female: If you are brave, pleasure will follow; seek it and come...
Yae machaan ennuyir machaan
Hey cousin, my life-like groom!
Vaa machaan sevaththa machaan
Come, my fair-complexioned cousin!
Koiyaakkaa thoppukkulla ee kakka yaedhumilla
Inside the guava orchard, there isn't even a fly or a crow.
Povom vaaiyya vaa…
Let's go, come on mister, come...
Yov….adikuthu adikuthu kaaththu
Hey... the wind blows and blows!
Adhil aaduthu vaaduthu naaththu
In it, the sapling sways and languishes!
Yaedho yaekkam vaaiyaa vaa…
There is some longing, come on mister, come...
Yae machaan ennuyir machaan
Hey cousin, my life-like groom!
Vaa machaan sevaththa machaan
Come, my fair-complexioned cousin!
Beyond the translation
Song interpretation
This song is a playful, romantic, and rustic duet featuring playful persuasion and reluctant avoidance. The female protagonist ardently woos the male lead, inviting him into seclusion and comparing her romantic longing to a field waiting for harvest. She urges him to embrace love, using local idioms and agricultural metaphors. Conversely, the male protagonist is hesitant and apprehensive, claiming he is unsuited for love like a crow trying to sing like a nightingale. He tries to push her away out of fear and moral dilemma, but her teasing insistence keeps the flirtatious banter alive throughout the track.
Writing craft
Poetic devices
Metaphor (Agricultural Metaphor)
“Velanja kaaththiru vayalil irukku”
The woman compares her youth and romantic readiness to a field ripe with crops waiting to be harvested.
Simile / Analogy
“Kaakkai kuyilaai paadaathu”
The man compares himself to a crow trying to sing like a cuckoo/nightingale, highlighting his belief that he is unfit for romance.
Ethugai (Second-letter Rhyming)
“Adikkuthu adikkuthu kaaththu / Adhil aaduthu vaaduthu naaththu”
The second letter 'd' ('dik' and 'dhi') rhymes across consecutive lines.
Monai (First-letter Alliteration)
“Aani maasam pooththaenae / Aasai theera paaththaenae”
The initial letter 'Aa' repeats across the starting words of both lines ('Aani' and 'Aasai').
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Trivia
The film 'Thenpandi Seemaiyile' (1988) featured music composed by director-actor K. Bhagyaraj himself, who was known for stepping into music composition for a few of his projects. Lyricist Vaali penned the song with rich rural idioms and folk cadence typical of late-80s Tamil cinema.
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